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water, probably in the form of a mud. >> nasa played a key role in the rover project. parachutes were tested in wind tunnels at mofet field. this is an exciting find and it proves their hard work has paid off. >> the instrument is just working beautifully. it's a credit to the very talented team that worked hard on not only making this stuff, but making it robust and making it work in this very difficult environment. >> scientists plan on exploring more on the planet in the coming weeks. there is talk about sending humans there, but it's a challenge. it takes three days to get to the moon, but it would take six months to get to mars. reporting from mountain view, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> a new analysis shows apple's majority rule could disappear. the report claims that apple share of the mobile market will drop from 51% last year to 46% this year. and that android devices will grow from 42% to 49% of the market. an analyst says that's mostly due to the popularity of smaller tablets using google's operating system. >> a $7 million system with 38 states in a data collect
water, probably in the form of a mud. >> nasa played a key role in the rover project. parachutes were tested in wind tunnels at mofet field. this is an exciting find and it proves their hard work has paid off. >> the instrument is just working beautifully. it's a credit to the very talented team that worked hard on not only making this stuff, but making it robust and making it work in this very difficult environment. >> scientists plan on exploring more on the planet in the...
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. >>> nasa released photos of the obedience and flow craft. i want to show you animation. if you look carefully you'll see shadows appear and disappear. the shadows is from dust kicked up by the collisions. it spent a year flying around the moon to collect data before crashing into the moon. >>> one county is considering banning ecigarettes. the ordinance was introduced this morning and if passed esmokeers would be blocked from lighting up anywhere traditional smoking is prohibited. >> we're tracking rain. >> it's going to linger. there is a lot of moisture streaming off the pacific right now. we're getting light showers here. live camera behind me here, you can see the showers here. what we're seeing here the rain drops are dropping down and we're getting showers. this is what's comeing. look at the area of yellow. that's significant rain fall. showers and light showers right now up by mountain view. over towards hey ward. this is light stuff. now we see stuff up in the hills. i've had reports all over the bay area but so far mainly light showers. when this gets in here i
. >>> nasa released photos of the obedience and flow craft. i want to show you animation. if you look carefully you'll see shadows appear and disappear. the shadows is from dust kicked up by the collisions. it spent a year flying around the moon to collect data before crashing into the moon. >>> one county is considering banning ecigarettes. the ordinance was introduced this morning and if passed esmokeers would be blocked from lighting up anywhere traditional smoking is...
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. >>> welcome back, this morning nasa is trying to fix a software problem for the rover curiosity. they are still in contact with the rover but that it can't roam around until a software file can be fixed. time now 5:22, contacting ones in the area. later they will address private ideas. they are looking at 20,000 hazardous asteroids orbiting earth. >>> back here two teenage girls have been arrested for making threats in that high profile rape case in steubenville. charges were filed after two football players raped a girl last august. the 15 and 16-year-old girls went on facebook and twitter went on facebook to harass the victim. >> when i see you it is going to be a homicide, i take it seriously. >> those two girls are now being held in court later today. >>> the alameda county food bank will be out of food later this week. the shortage comes when the need is growing and they can go further than donated goods. they can turn one donated dollar into food. >> they actually left the facility which is a startling need in this community. >> the food bank in san mateo county is also low
. >>> welcome back, this morning nasa is trying to fix a software problem for the rover curiosity. they are still in contact with the rover but that it can't roam around until a software file can be fixed. time now 5:22, contacting ones in the area. later they will address private ideas. they are looking at 20,000 hazardous asteroids orbiting earth. >>> back here two teenage girls have been arrested for making threats in that high profile rape case in steubenville. charges...
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but it does give the military, the boarder patrol, the fbi, nasa and a few other agencies a bit more wiggle room and move money around within their budget. that's just about to get approved. it was voted on and approved last night. >> so those are some of the winners getting the wiggle room. what about the losers? there's problems apparently for the faa. >> reporter: yeah, the faa, there was an effort to amend the bill, this budget bill to move money around within the faa budget so over 200 different air traffic control towers at smaller airports would not have to be shut down as soon as april the 7th. for whatever reason it was never really delineated and explained. the obama administration opposed it. if that had been on the floor, probably would have gotten 85 or 90 votes. for whatever reason, the democratic leadership would not agree so it never came up. they did not get extra wiggle room. also republicans brought up a plan that would have moved around $2 million and allowed the white house to remove public tours. the democrats voted against that. so a little politicking from bot
but it does give the military, the boarder patrol, the fbi, nasa and a few other agencies a bit more wiggle room and move money around within their budget. that's just about to get approved. it was voted on and approved last night. >> so those are some of the winners getting the wiggle room. what about the losers? there's problems apparently for the faa. >> reporter: yeah, the faa, there was an effort to amend the bill, this budget bill to move money around within the faa budget so...
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the epa is ordering nasa to clean up contaminated soil. the agency said that the soil at the moffet field site is contaminated with lead and ddt. it is a threat to wildlife. the water control quality board said it'll monitor the clean up along with the epa. >> little wayne is in critical condition reportedly in a los angeles hospital. tmz said the rapper is in a coma. members of his record label are denyingt. his twitter account was updated saying i'm good, thank you for the prayers and love. tmz also reports high amounts of codine were found in his system. >>> a tribe in michigan held it's first same sex marriage ceremony. >> >>> the tribe approved marriages. it's not legal in michigan but tribes are sell governing. two tribes in the pacific southwest also recognize it. disney will enforce new age restrictions starting next week. the park announced children under the age of 14 will have to be with someone 14 or older at both disneyland and california adventure. up until now many dropped off their children at the park for the day. the chan
the epa is ordering nasa to clean up contaminated soil. the agency said that the soil at the moffet field site is contaminated with lead and ddt. it is a threat to wildlife. the water control quality board said it'll monitor the clean up along with the epa. >> little wayne is in critical condition reportedly in a los angeles hospital. tmz said the rapper is in a coma. members of his record label are denyingt. his twitter account was updated saying i'm good, thank you for the prayers and...
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. >>> this morning, nasa is trying to fix a software problem that's side lined the mars rover "curiosity." nasa says ground controllers are still in contact with the rover but it cannot roam around and take pictures until a fire error is fixed. they hope to fix the explorations by next week. it sounds like a little, mundane problem, a little fire error but it's so far away. >> yeah,. >>> sal, highway 4, is it getting better? >> yes. they've opened up the lanes there. this may have been caused by a wrong-way driver. the lanes are open. but highway 4 is a mess coming out of pittsburg and antioch. this is after willow pass road. all of the lanes are open. it will take a while for this to unwind if you are a highway 4 commuter. i think you need to leave the house earlier than you normally do. it's always slow but it's even slower. the bay bridge toll plaza is finally beginning to get filled in. the traffic is filled in at the toll plaza. this is a 30-minute plus delay there. if you are driving in the south bay, santa clara traffic, moderate traffic. >>> well, some breaks in the clouds. mostl
. >>> this morning, nasa is trying to fix a software problem that's side lined the mars rover "curiosity." nasa says ground controllers are still in contact with the rover but it cannot roam around and take pictures until a fire error is fixed. they hope to fix the explorations by next week. it sounds like a little, mundane problem, a little fire error but it's so far away. >> yeah,. >>> sal, highway 4, is it getting better? >> yes. they've opened up the...
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nasa says there's only one thing the u.s. could do if a large meteor was headed our way. and that is to pray. charles bolden, junior, the administrator, made the comments yesterday during a congress at hearing on the threat posed by asteroids and meteors like the one that injured more than a thousand people in russia last month. bolden sasine currently lacks the ability to find and track meteor the like the one that hit -- meteors like the one that rit russia. >>> a middle school in southern minnesota is locked down at this hour. there was a 911 call of a report that a gunman was on the campus. they immediately went on red alert and locked down every classroom. a police search of the school so far has turned up nothing. new prague is about 45 miles southwest of minneapolis. there are about 875 students in grades 6 through 8 there. we'll keep an eye on it and bring you the latest details as we get them. >>> just as predict -- just as predicted, we have showers. meteorologist steve paulson is tracking the storm and tell us how long this wet weather will stick around. >>> al
nasa says there's only one thing the u.s. could do if a large meteor was headed our way. and that is to pray. charles bolden, junior, the administrator, made the comments yesterday during a congress at hearing on the threat posed by asteroids and meteors like the one that injured more than a thousand people in russia last month. bolden sasine currently lacks the ability to find and track meteor the like the one that hit -- meteors like the one that rit russia. >>> a middle school in...